Treatment Program

The de-addiction treatment program is for 1 month starting every Wednesday (This will be effective from February 08, 2012). The daily routine for the friends is as below:

Time

Activity

6.00

Wake up time

6.15

Morning Tea

6.45-7.45

Yoga & Pranayam

8.15-9.45

Breakfast

9.15-10.15

Meditation - Input sessions by experts

10.15

Tea Break

10.30-11.45

Time slot for visiting counsellor/Diary writing/Library

11.45-12.45

Group therapy

12.45-13.30

Lunch

14.00-16.00

Rest for new patients

14.30-15.30

Group therapy for 3rd and 4th week friends

16.30-17.00

Physical Training

17.00-17.15

Tea

17.15-18.30

Recreation/Gymnasium, Games

18.30-19.30

AA/NA meetings (Once a week on Sunday)

19.30-20.00

Prayer and distribution of medicines

20.00-20.30

Dinner

20.30-22.00

Entertainment- TV/Audio/Video/Indoor games/Books

22.00

Lights off

Group therapy

This is a very important part of the Muktangan Therapeutic Model. The groups are formed on the basis of date of admission. All friends admitted on Friday are considered as first week friends. On completion of a week on subsequent Friday they graduate to the second week. Likewise at any given moment we have five groups. We have experienced that this pattern of group formation is the crux of recovery process. During first week our friends are just recovering from withdrawals. Many of them feel homesick. Some of them are in denial. Some of them find it difficult to cope up with the fact of being admitted to a center. So the first week group is more or less experiencing discomfort. Even if the group may include friends from varying financial, educational or intellectual background, they are emotionally at one level, and hence relate to each other. We feel that this emotional cohesiveness works well in the process of recovery. Our friends graduate to the subsequent weeks and evolve in a wonderful group. Just like defence staff or college students, Muktangan graduates proudly call each other "batch-mates". The five-week program is designed keeping in view the emotional, cognitive and awareness levels of our friends.

Initially topics for group therapy are more focussed on information and motivation.

In the second week they are introduced to first four steps of AA and basic concepts of REBT.

Special therapies, feature activities

Every Monday: 9.30-10.30: Music therapy and Art TherapyEvery Sunday: 11.30-1.00: Life enrichment therapies viz.- Values, time and money management, social issues, laughter therapy, creativity therapy, physical theatre by visiting faculties Every Friday: 10.30-11.30: Antardeep send-off function to the inmates in a very traditional way. Every Thursday: 9.30-10.15: Special groups for model therapy, quiz contests, role plays etc. Every Wednesday: 18.30-19.30: Short Documentary Last Saturday of every Month: 10.30-1.00: Celebrating sobriety birthdays

Input sessions

Input sessions are lectures delivered by experts. At Muktangan we call it meditation. Each input session is followed by a question-answer session. The main topics discussed are given below with corresponding reference to the therapeutic goals.

HIV/AIDS: Information about what is HIV, how it is transmitted, risk factors etc. is given in a comprehensive way.

Substance abuse: Information about various drugs abused and their effects is given.

Medical complications: Medical officer explains effects of drugs and alcohol on various organs and systems.

First four steps of AA: Four separate sessions are organised to explain first four steps. Powerlessness over addiction, unmanageability of life, higher power, and self-inventory are explained in detail.

Meditation and awareness: Information about Vipassana is provided. Also types of awareness are explained.

Hobbies and creativity: Inmates are given the opportunity of using creative instances for happy and healthy living.

Happiness and satisfaction: We endorse the view that happiness is the path, not a destination. The difference between point satisfaction and process satisfaction is explained.

Anger control: Anger is a very common problem with addicts. Various tools of expressing and ventilating anger are explained.

Follow-up center activities

Counsellers from Muktangan make regular visits to follow-up centers all over Maharashtra. While at the follow-up centers, they:

make home visits if required

attend to patients in need of individual counselling

determine if a patient needs to be admitted to the de-addiction center